I seek but what belongs to me in truth.
…joy and peace are not but idle dreams. ²They are your right, because of what you are. ³They come to you from God, Who cannot fail to give you what He wills. ⁴Yet must there be a place made ready to receive His gifts. ⁵[Joy and peace] are not welcomed gladly by a mind that has instead received the gifts it made where His belong, as substitutes for them.
Today we would remove all meaningless and self-made gifts which we have placed upon the holy altar where God’s gifts belong. ²His [joy and peace] are the gifts that are our own in truth. ³His are the gifts that we inherited before time was, and that will still be ours when time has passed into eternity. ⁴His are the gifts that are within us now, for they are timeless. ⁵And we need not wait to have them. ⁶They belong to us today.
So do we clear the way for Him today by simply recognizing that His Will is done already, and that joy and peace belong to us as His eternal gifts. …we bring to mind as often as we can:
⁴I seek but what belongs to me in truth.
⁵God’s gifts of joy and peace are all I want. (A Course in Miracles, W-104.1–2;5:1,3-5. See also ACIM Lesson 104 Insights.)
The wish for specialness denies the Will of God. It denies the oneness of His Love. Differences cannot exist in what is one.
The ego offers us the specialness we seek as a substitute for God’s gift of Eternal Love. What the ego labels as love actually denies God’s gift of Love. The ego’s version always brings fear with it. Because of the uncertainty and changeability of the ego’s gifts, we naturally don’t trust that these gifts will last. Even if we feel we have this special love, we believe it must be defended and protected lest it fade away or turn against us.
But God’s gift of His Love is eternal and changeless. In His Love we are perfectly safe. There is nothing to defend against or protect. With His gift, we have everything we could ever desire in truth. He has given us all that is real.
Today we ask the Holy Spirit to help us let go of the belief in specialness so we may welcome and peace and joy that are our inheritance.
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